Sonographic spectrum of scrotal abnormalities in infertile men

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 437-441

  Qublan, Hussein S ^a   Al Okoor, Khalil ^a   Al Ghoweri, Ahmad S ^a   Abu Qamar, Adnan ^a  

^a Royal Medical Service   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Infertility; Scrotal abnormalities; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMAL CYST; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM DISORDER; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS; TESTIS TUMOR; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34848878101     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20326     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Qublan HS, Al-Ghoweri AS, Al-Jader KM, et al. The diagnostic value of ultrasound in differentiating obstructive from nonobstructive azoospermia based on the presence of testicular microlithiasis. J Diagn Med Sonography 2002;18:300.
2. Gordon SJ, Otite U, Maheshkumar P, et al. The use of scrotal ultrasonography in male infertility. BJU International 2001;87:417.
3. Patel PJ, Pareek SS. Scrotal ultrasound in male infertility. Eur Urol 1989;16:423.
4. Krone KD, Carrol BA. Scrotal ultrasound. Radiol Clin North Am 1985;23:121.
5. World Health Organization. WHO laboratory manual for the examination of human semen and semen-cervical mucus interaction. 3rd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1992.
6. Carlsen E, Giwercman A, Keiding N, et al. Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during the past 50 years. BMJ 1992;305:609.
7. Auger J, Kunstmann JM, Czyglik F, et al. Decline in semen quality among fertile men in Paris during the past 20 years. N Eng J Med 1995;332: 281.
8. Thomas K, Wood SJ, Thompson AJM, et al. The incidence and significance of testicular microlithiasis in a subfertile population. Br J Radiology 2000; 73:494.
9. Aizenstein RI, Didomenico D, Wilbur AC, et al. Testicular microlithiasis: association with male infertility. J Clin Ultrasound 1998;26:195.
10. Moran JM, Moreno F, Climent V, et al. Idiopathic testicular microlithiasis: ultrastructural study. Br J Urol 1993;72:252.
11. Kondoh N, Meguro N, Matsumiya K, et al. Significance of subclinical varicocele detected by scrotal sonography in male infertility: a preliminary report. J Urol 1993;150:1158.
12. Doyle PT. The investigation and treatment of infertile men. Clinical assessment and approach to therapy. In: Brinsden PR, Rainsbury PA, editors. Textbook of invitro fertilization and assisted reproduction. New York: Parthenon Publishing; 1992. p 39.
13. Dandapat MC, Padhi NC, Patra AP. Effect of hydrocele on testis and spermatogenesis. Br J Surg 1990;77:1293.
14. Comhaire F, Verschraegen G, Vermeulen L. Diagnosis of accessory gland infection and its possible role in male infertility. Int J Androl 1980;3:32.
15. Weidner W, Krause W, Ludwig M. Prevalence of male accessory gland infection for subsequent fertility with special focus on prostatitis. Hum Reprod Update 1999;5:421.
16. Dewbury KC. Scrotal ultrasonography: an update. BJU International 2000;86(Suppl 1):143.
17. Bergmann M, Behre H, Nieschlag E. Serum FSH and testicular morphology in male infertility. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1994;40:133.